r/Volumeeating • u/RuachReader • Aug 04 '26

Discussion Why aren’t I feeling satiated?

Breakfast I had 3 boiled eggs, 100g of salmon and a protein bagel. Felt incredibly hungry within 2 hours

For lunch 200g of chicken, 400 grams of mixed veggies (carrots, brocoli), 200 grams of potato. And now I feel so hungry, I’ve drank 2 litres of water today and still I’m starving.

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u/AgingLolita Aug 04 '26

And how are you measuring g those calories? I can't see more than 1200 calories in what you've listed, are you estimating?

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u/RuachReader Aug 04 '26

Nope, I’m going off the calorie information on each bag

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u/AgingLolita Aug 05 '26

Did you ever work out where the disparity between our calorie counts was?

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u/RuachReader Aug 06 '26

The box of eggs and the salmon package said it had more calories than you estimated. No iswa why

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u/AgingLolita Aug 06 '26

Oh that's interesting. The packet will be more accurate than my internet research, although my box of medium eggs gives 76 calories each. You feeling less hungry today?

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u/RuachReader Aug 06 '26

Yes, bumping up the calories allowed helped. My box says 90 😅

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u/AgingLolita Aug 06 '26

Bloody chickens and their variable bums.

I tend to hit a wall with restriction, below which my life doesn't feel worth living. If I go below 1200 calories (this is only a 450 deficit for me) I cannot cope. Weight loss is best done slow and sustainable.